Daily Archives for July 9, 2012

July 9, 2012

Repeal? Why? [bh]

TweetIf we gain complete control of the legislative and executive branches why should we do anything but reward our friends and punish our foes?  What would Obama do? No, seriously.  Do we really think they’re going to learn a deep … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by bh
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July 9, 2012

I’d have something to say about this

Tweet…if it weren’t the case that concerning ourselves with language — specifically, how it has been institutionally gamed to push the political needle leftward through linguistically incoherent foundational assumptions, rhetorical tyrannies, and hermeneutic Machiavellianism — wasn’t so pedantic, pseudo-intellectual, and … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 9, 2012

what I learned from watching Rizzoli and Isles, 2

TweetAmerican war vets?  Are nearly all either 1) homeless 2) suffering from debilitating PTSD and paranoid delusions about killing their families  3) in wheelchairs, embittered, wishing revenge on other American soldiers 4) otherwise homicidal, or 5) some combination of the … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 9, 2012

The Lapsed Prude’s confession haiku, 2

TweetDuring the summer I ogle in good conscience. Because, well, tube tops.  

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 9, 2012

a (wo)man with a plan

TweetKarol Markowicz, writing in the NYP, the patriarchal spooge still dripping from her craven, anti-woman, you’ve-not-come-anywhere’s-near-a-long-way-baby keyboard: Anne-Marie Slaughter, who gave up her job as a high level State Department official to better care for her kids, has created enormous … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 9, 2012

“Obama drops line claiming ‘step in the right direction’ after GOP slams weak jobs report”

TweetTurns out some bullshit is even too bullshitty for the Bullshitter-in-Chief. – Who, to be fair, was in reality telling the truth, as noted here earlier this morning. It’s just that the truth he’s telling isn’t the same one that … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 9, 2012

The recovery from recovery summers continues apace

TweetYou can keep hoping, Food Stamp Nation, but the changing is already pretty much institutionalized at this point.  Forward! (via Insty on Facebook) **** update: via Mark Levin, using Bush-era workforce numbers, the effective U-3 unemployment rate is over 10%. … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 9, 2012

“Unemployment Rate Dropped In Every State That Elected A Republican Gov. In 2010″

TweetSpeaking as a Hobbit, I don’t blame Bush. By the way, any truth to the rumor Al Gore is putting together a second film, The Inconvenient Truth 2:  Yeah, We Dems Pretty Much Fucked Everything Up, Didn’t We?  Because if … Continue reading

09. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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